Category: July Beauty Challenge

So that’s it, I finally completed the July Beauty Challenge and I’m so happy I did it, I saw so much engagement and positivity from this challenge I even made new bloggerships from it 😊

There were good points and bad points, I wanted to prove to myself that I can work full time (in addition I also work extra hours), have other commitments and still produce new content every day. One of the biggest problems for me was the quality of the content, as I have always been quality over quantity and I have to admit towards the end it was getting to me it was hard to produce high quality posts every day but I made it. Would I do it again? Yes definitely I would, the content expected was realistic and there were only a couple of days that a struggled with but looking at the bigger picture this was totally achievable and I’m looking forward to doing my 12 days of Christmas again during the holiday season.

Now that it is is over I am looking forward to getting back to normal posts, I have a lot of exciting new products to review and share with you alongside a couple of award nominations to update you all with.

I hope you enjoyed reading my posts as much as I did creating them! Thank you all so much for putting up with a notification from me everyday and sometimes even twice a day depending on the post, I really didn’t expect to see as much engagement as I got with this challenge and as a huge token of appreciation I’m going to hold a giveaway when I reach 500 followers (only 240 more to go!) consisting of all my favourite products including a couple of high end goodies and newy newness that I wouldn’t have tried out before so I’m really excited to start promoting that when the time comes.

Let me know in the comments below what your favourite post from the collection was ⬇️

I can’t believe this is the final post, 31 days and I’ve made everyone of them which was tricky ay times but I pulled through 💪

So here are my favourites for July, some of the I discovered later on in the month which I will be reviewing in the coming weeks and then the other bits were whim items but as they are all new they will all be getting reviewed.

My ultimate favourite however has been the L’Oréal Lash Paradise Mascara which I was so excited to finally get my hands on.

Tune in tomorrow for my round up of the past month and experience, let me know in the comments below what your favourite product for July was ⬇️

I love Micellar Water it is a staple part of my beauty routine, I use it to remove the rest of my makeup that a baby wipe couldn’t handle, I use it to removal residual wax when I’ve waxed myself and also as a cleanser for my false lashes to restore them to their box fresh glory.

Even if you don’t wear makeup or if you’re a man reading this I would recommend using this to cleanse your face every evening just to take the day off and remove all the pollution and grime from your day to day activities that cling to your skin.

Happy FriYAY Cheeleaders, I can’t remember if I mentioned that there is a new Kiko Milano cosmetics store near me so I have recently discovered their products and I can’t wait to check them out again when I am back in Windsor. During my visit there I picked up a couple of nail polishes, I was wowed by the prices but my hopes weren’t fully raised until I checked out the durability of this polish.

So far I have checked out the Nail Lacquer and Mini polishes which have not disappointed, this stuff is chip resistant and one week later it still looked like I applied it the day before I only removed it because I wanted my nails to match my toes as I was going out with open shoes on and I’m a little fussy when it comes to that.

I know this is more of an emerald sort of nail enamel but it certain lights it does look a little tealy 😂

Here are my favourite blushes of not just summer but all year around, I really like salmon blushes because I chose a heavy contour over blush so daily I don’t want to look too over done.

So my absolute favourite is the bottom left one in the #BlushAndGlow palette from Collection. I also really like using large mono eyeshadows in similar shades to a blush, blush is the first part of your makeup to fade and I find that using an eyeshadow makes it last that extra bit longer.

Yes I confess, I have a makeup hording problem. I don’t even know why I hold on to old mascara because it is not fit for much 6 months after opening.

So my ultimate favourite mascara is the Estée Lauder Sumptuous Extreme Lash Multiplying Volume Mascara which I have already reviewed and you can read that here.

The main things I look for in a mascara is volume and length, curl is something that is neither here nor there because my lashes gave been blessed with a good curl thankfully.

My favourite high street brand of mascara is L’Oréal, they are a really high quality mascara with my favourite from them being the 4D mascara. My least favourite are Rimmel mascaras, I don’t like their brushes or formulas unfortunately.

I really like eyeliner, for me it just completes my eye look and really makes it stand out. My favourite pairing is winged eyeliner with false eyelashes that way I can get away with a bigger wing!

Here are my top 5 favourite eyeliners, as you can see I have quite an eclectic selection so hopefully you can relate to at least one of my favourites in this post.

Glam Crystal’s glitter eyeliner by Collection. I really like to use this if I’m going for a double liner look or add the black glitter version on top of my black wing for an extra pop to my look.

I’ve just gone about 2/3 years deep on my Instagram for those photos 😂

Collection Fast Stroke Eyeliner this is my favourite eyeliner if I am taking the product near my tearducts, wearing false lashes or want a really black intense wing. I’m not a huge fan of liquid eyeliner if I am in a rush thought because I still get this wrong from time to time.

Rimmel Scandaleyes Eye Crayon these crayons are my favourite for a lazy days smokey eye, just apply this on your lash line badly then smoke it out it’s as easy as that!

Rimmel Exaggerate Eye Definer Pencil these are my everyday eyeliner pencils, I use the black one as a staple in my look on my waterline. I also like the brown one to smoke out in to my lash line super easily.

Collection Extreme 24hr Felt Tip Liner this is my go to liner for a quick wing and lined look because it is so Leilani proof! It is indestructible once applied although the colour payoff isn’t as great as you would see with a proper liquid eyeliner.

We have entered the final week of the July Beauty Challenge Cheeleaders and I must admit I’m actually really sad, there were times especially at the beginning when it felt like time was dragging and that the middle of the month was nowhere in sight but now I only have 7 posts left I’m going to feel a little bit lost when all of this has come to an end.

Today’s theme is best colourful palette and thankfully I don’t own the Urban Decay Electric palette otherwise you would be forced to read another UD related post! Instead I’m bring to you this lovely Makhmali palette that I think is by Beauty Resource (the lettering has come off since I bought it 3 years ago)

Now this is the thing that always confused me, I thought Makhmali was the term for Arabic eye makeup, I was wrong and I also thought it meant Velvety in Hindi that too was wrong so in conclusion these are pretty palettes 😅

I don’t use it that often because I lean towards natural eyeshadow tones but I do like the colours I have used so far as they are highly pignmented and also it is reassuring to know that I have a colourful palette should I need to brighten my lids for whatever occasion it may call for.

Let me know in the comments below what your best colourful palette is ⬇️

In the final post out of my Urban Decay trio, today’s theme is Favourite Beauty Brand.

I honestly feel like this brand is my spirit makeup as it was founded in January 1996 the same month and year that I was born. It is so rare to find something in common on this level with a makeup brand which is why I get so excited over new releases although I have to reign myself in and question “do I really need this”? before buying it. Honestly I can’t find anything negative to say about this brand, I love their products so much and it would be a dream come true if my blog took off so much I could actually do a collaboration with them 🙏

Anyway, back to reality – there are a few things I cannot wait to try out from them such as their the new Heat palette, highlighter and foundation, there is also their new store in Westfields which I am so excited to visit! Here is their story courtesy of their website: